Rebecca Davis editorChina struck back at the U.S. on Friday for President Joe Biden’s condemnation of its shutdown of Hong Kong’s pro-democracy Apple Daily newspaper.
Meanwhile, American senators on Friday called for an even more hardline U.S. response.Earlier this month, some 500 policemen raided the Apple Daily newsroom and arrested five of its top executives.
The paper’s assets were also frozen.The tabloid-style paper, the city’s leading opposition voice, said on Wednesday afternoon that it would stop updating its website after midnight and put out its last print edition on Thursday.
Hong Kongers bought the papers en masse to show their support and keep as mementos.Biden said the paper’s closure heralded a “sad day for media freedom”.
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